HR Renewal is part of SAP's HR core renovation program, which is aimed to boost productivity of HR Professionals and
increase HR efficiency.
This program shows SAP's commitment in investing heavily in core HR on-premise, so that customers can leverage their
existing systems, even when SAP is enabling the HCM transition to the cloud.
HR Renewal has many functional and UX improvements. Notable improvements are additional of HR Professional Role, and
the new user interface option for (P&F) forms development based on WebDynpro for ABAP.
Easy Web UI
- Selected PA/OM data details, Tailored single activity to edit selective data (e.g., change employee and organizational data
attributes), Combined data OM/PA data maintenance for single-step processes (e.g., hiring, transfer, promotion,
organizational changes), Mass data change activities (e.g., mass hire, mass change of job assigned to positions)
PA + OM UI Harmonization
- Harmonized navigation pattern across PA and OM (Search, Structure), Harmonize UI for combined data changes, single
activities, display data details and mass data changes
Collaboration
- Light-weight collaboration features to allow users to communicate with other users from within the new Web applications
about their tasks
PA + OM UI Harmonization example:
PA change in Employee Profile
Mostly Yes. HR Professional Role is a major new feature in HR Renewal. The new SAP UI5 based Landing Page for HR
Professional Role is one of the major UX improvements. The Landing Page requires NW GW to be installed and configured.
However, HR Renewal comes with a lot of updates on other components like ESS\MSS. Customers will immediately benefit
from those functionality enhancements even if HR Professional Role and Landing Page are not configured and used. So
currently NW GW is not required if HR Professional Role and Landing Page are not used. But this may change in the future
when SAP rolls out HTML5 Landing pages for ESS and MSS.